writing table
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The duchess also saw the dining room, where Austen's writing table remains as well as first editions of novels and two of her letters.
From BBC • Apr. 6, 2022
On his writing table lay a notebook for logging his correspondence and paper cutouts with inspirational messages and haikus to slip into envelopes.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2020
He collected a few paraffin lamps and some used furniture: a Russian wrought-iron bed, a writing table, chairs like “the chairs that van Gogh painted.”
From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2016
The prize item of the house is Jane’s small round writing table.
From Washington Times • Jan. 19, 2016
Over at the writing table, Zooey, pressing down heavily with his pencil, was filling in the “o”s on the advertisement side of a small blotter.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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